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In 1853, the
Parliament of the Province of Canada expanded the Legislative Assembly, to take effect in the next general elections in 1854. Canada East's representation was expanded from forty-two seats to sixty-five seats. As part of the redistribution, the Beauce region was split off from the
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The following were the members of the
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Union Act, 1840 (XIX) ... that the
Counties of Dorchester and Beauce shall be united into and form One County, to be called the County of Dorchester...
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Dorchester riding and created as a separate riding. The boundaries of the new riding of Beauce were as follows:
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bordering on the United States. From 1841 to 1854, Beauce county had been included in the riding of
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and splitting the Province of Canada into Quebec and
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